Our client is the North West’s water and wastewater company, bringing 3.2 million households and thousands of businesses an incredible 2,000 million litres of clean, clear water each day. They take it all away too, treating it so it’s safe to go back into the rivers. Their employees and managers are key to achieving their ambitious vision and providing a great service to their customers. So they’ll invest in you to help equip you with the skills you need to deliver great performance.

As their Water Network System Operator, you’ll be responsible for developing new water network capability, and supporting future remote control opportunities. You will also support the continuous evolution of alarm management, ERWAN & production planning, whilst also ensuring energy costs are managed effectively and efficiently.

Key accountabilities for the Water Network System Operator include:
• To proactively analyse various sources of information including telemetry data, trends, workflow information, ERWAN data, and customer contact information.
• To analyse the bigger picture of data and events to ensure existing or likely impacts are understood and responded to effectively.
• To maintain compliance and diagnosing proactive, preventative & reactive detected or reported events/incidents to determine the most probable root cause.
• To assess risk associated with all planned and reactive work on Water Network by use of modelling.
As Water Network System Operator, you’ll need extensive knowledge of water network event triggers and impacts / consequences as well as a comprehensive understanding of water network operations. You should also have a proven track record in leading a technical operations team. A high level ability in short term planning is key, as are excellent negotiation and interpersonal skills.

Other attributes required of the Water Network System Operator include:
• Strong IT skills including knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
• Good time management skills and the ability to prioritise under pressure.
• Ability to work well with others in a team environment, providing input and feedback in a helpful manner.
• An appreciation of wider business demands.

If you’re excited about joining a leading FTSE100 organisation at an exciting period of change, then to apply for this Water Network System Operator role, please click on the APPLY button below.